Today’s Mystery Photo may give you clues as to what goes on in this building, but we also want to know where this photo was made. Try your hand at identifying today’s mystery by sending your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
The last Mystery Photo stumped all readers. No one recognized a painting by Artist Steve Penley of the pre-1950 Brand Banking Company, on the Gwinnett Courthouse Square. The original painting is hanging in the office of President Bartow Morgan at the Georgia Banking Company headquarters at 1776 Peachtree Street in Atlanta. Morgan’s father ran Brand Bank from there. It is now a two-story building.
The original version of Penley’s painting.
Both Lou Camerio of Lilburn and Mike Tennant of Duluth recognized the Gwinnett County Courthouse tower in the background, but both thought the building in the foreground was on another corner of the Square.
The Mystery Photo had the name blurred. And note two other elements from this older photo: this was before the Brand Bank was bricked and before it had an additional story. And note also that this was before West Crogan Street was made a one-way street, as seen in the cars parked at an angle with the street traffic going west.
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County breaks ground on expansion in Centerville
Gwinnett officials on Wednesday broke ground on the expansion of OneStop Centerville. The community resource center in southern Gwinnett will enhance access to services and resources for residents in the area.The development combines the Centerville Senior Center and Centerville Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library and offers a variety of community spaces for events, workshops, classes and other activities. Once completed, the multilevel building will span 33,000 square feet. In addition to its existing services, partner organizations including GNR Health, View Point Health and Ninth District Head Start will be housed there. The county is using a $25 million allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for the expansion, along with its initial operations.
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